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ready to help. when paul came over from cameroon to berlin starts oct fourth on t.w. . this is news live from berlin the death toll climbs in indonesia more than eight hundred people are now confirmed dead after friday's earthquake and tsunami on the island the officials are warning the final figure could be in the thousands also coming up. on muskets forced to pay millions in fines or step down as company chairman us regulators have charged the billionaire with fraud
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saying he duped investors with misleading claims about the company. and boosted altman go to the top of the figure recovering from two goals down against me because and to seal a thrilling comeback victory. welcome to the program the death toll from a major earthquake that triggered a tsunami on the indonesian island of pseudo whiskey has risen to more than eight hundred the country's vice president has warned that number could soar into the thousands hospitals are struggling to cope with the injured and large parts of the city of. combing through the rubble for victims the dead and those who might have survived the collapse to tell them palu city has been one focus of the efforts dozens were reported least. trapped inside. in
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while evacuations by plane have been underway for those fortunate to have survived this dual disaster some were injured as an earthquake sent buildings tumbling others as tsunami waves pummeled the shore. the destruction has left people without food and water in the areas hardest hit. authorities are attempting to provide enough aid and supplies but the damage to infrastructure has slowed their efforts. witnesses have described the moment the seven point five magnitude earthquake struck. me and when the quake hit i was doing my shopping suddenly everything went dark and the walls started falling around us it was horrible. most confirmed deaths so far from the city of palo a provincial capital on sulawesi island but reports remain sparse from outlying
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areas such as dongarra a region close to the earthquake's epicenter and home to some three hundred thousand people. we're expecting a rise in the number of dead even though we would hope the figures remain the same . considering the conditions out there that rushed out bodies and identified as well as victims buried beneath the ruins there are also remote areas yet to be reached. now authorities are facing questions over whether disaster warnings were sufficient indonesia's disaster mitigation spokesman tweeted this video saying it shows how people were at the beach as the tsunami waves rolled in with no sirens going off. officials are being criticized for allegedly lifting a tsunami warning too soon possibly leading to a greater loss of life along the coast. for more on this aid coordinator who is in
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jakarta he works for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies was may thank you for making time to speak to us now what are you hearing about the situation on the ground. you know we have our volunteers on the ground at the moment and they're helping with evacuation of bodies at all safe i question and also supporting displaced people. on the ground and also they're bringing support the including medical help. water they have deployed twenty water trucks don't want to grow in knowing that water is really difficult to get rich in this such as our area it's and what are some of the challenges that you're facing in trying to get aid in just the os just it's really difficult at the moment we have been able to do more in the city also palu where
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a lot of. the a lot of people affected by the earthquake and tsunami but also we've been told but access has been really difficult to get a bad leg was going on and on the road has been damaged and are going to ditch and wind has been totally done at the moment so access to critical aid is limited which makes me wonder what's happening to the survivors been left homeless i mean you've already talked about food and water shortages what are they going to currently. they're probably different if i question the center and. the government agenda including the right projects idea that well i'm supporting really providing i made it to point b. would include bringing water and some are being made from the affected community to including food for. the pollin. the supporting the fifteen for the
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relief at the moment and who's me we just heard that the government has announced mass burials to avoid the spread of disease how big a concern is this of this stage. we read the current. we see that there was some potential of the chief. taking place there and we've also been warned that you know some help. it was through the. cultures from local d.t.c. is there because the remains from tsunamis that appeared to have been free from sin on the field there and they could be potential disease just including to give peeper and also. its red cross could be nato who sneak in jakarta thank you again for making time to speak to us. thank you. time now for some of the
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other stories making news around the world a powerful typhoon is lashing the japanese mainland threatening a region still reeling from a storm last month high winds and heavy rainfall have halted air and train services in parts of the country three hundred thousand homes are without power authorities have ordered the evacuation of more than half a million people. busted on eons of voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether or not to add the word north to the country's name making it the republic of north macedonia it's a tweak that could settle a decades long disputed neighboring greece which has a province called macedonia the result could pave the way to nato and e.u. membership. it on must founder of the electorate come a contest will step down as chairman of the company a probe by the u.s. securities and exchange commission concluded that must misled investors with tweets about the company's future tesla has agreed to pay a multimillion dollar fine but moscow will remain c.e.o.
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of the company. from being the driving force behind electric cars on earth to trying to launch rockets into deep space. no musk knows how to push boundaries but thanks to a law series he's been forced to slow down a few weeks ago the billionaire tweeted that he could take his public card company tesla private for four hundred twenty dollars a share the u.s. securities and exchange commission charged him with fraud while leading tesla's investors to believe that he had a firm offer in hand we allege that must've had arrived at the price of four hundred twenty dollars by assuming a twenty percent premium over tesla's then existing share price and then rounding up to four hundred twenty dollars because of this is the significance of that number in marijuana culture and his belief that his girlfriend would be amused by
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a. backhoe and marijuana in there earlier this month musk was filmed smoking marijuana while being interviewed in a pump because life on you tube in a deal with the commission he's agreed to stand down as chairman of tesla and pay a total fina forty million dollars but his legal problems don't tend there he's also being sued for libel off to making allegations against this british diver who was involved in the thai cave rescue you know musk has recently announced plans for the first ever private commercial trip around the moon it's dangerous to be clear this is dangerous but this appears to be a man who embraces danger whatever the cost. tilton is following this story for us and he now joins me in studio with more thanks for joining us so musk is out of one job but how big of a blow is this for him well really more than anything i think it's kind of
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a wake up call no if you've been following most consortia meeting the last couple months you've seen increasingly erratic behavior coming out of the head of tesla now as we saw there in the piece he's recently got into a spat with one of the thai rescue divers he's also made a whole bunch of comments regarding smoking pot and actually got stoned on a live broadcast and it seems that this tweet that really got him in trouble actually kind of exposes a lot of the problem now you have to remember to tesla doesn't actually advertise they don't buy ad space instead they rely on the line must to bring their message to the world so on the one hand one must is kind of a p.r. figure on the other hand he's a real private individual and we're starting to really kind of lose that filter between on lust the p.r. figure and the private individual in this tweet kind of exemplifies that on the one hand he's commenting on tesla's business model on the other hand he's making jokes about smoking pot and so the i think the problem is with all this erratic behavior it's kind of giving giving us an entire picture of somebody who might be cracking a little bit under the strain of leading
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a company like tesla and also kind of speaks to you know the power of social media on the one hand it allows tesla to completely rely on one must to be the kind of value in the future to take their their message to the people but on the other side or kind of losing track of the filter as it were that most companies rely on to prevent messages like this from leaking out and have just blowback so what does this then mean given what you've just told us about that interrelationship between tesla and mosque about the future of tests that well that really does remain to be seen i mean ever the social media darling elon musk took to twitter when this news of this as you see fine came out and tweeted a picture of his tesla roadster in space with a you know you don't panic message and blazing across the dash so it's a clear message to investors and supporters as well on the other. and this increasingly erratic social media behavior is having some real world consequences now we saw tesla's stock price drop fourteen percent on friday alone and that really goes to show you kind of the dual edged sword nature of social media on the
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one hand it's very very cheap and effective advertising on the other hand it just kind of lays bare a lot of some of the interpersonal problems that famous figures like this may be having and that can have real serious real world consequences for companies like tesla. aaron tilton thank you for joining us thank you. in golf team europe have reclaimed the ryder cup after completing a resolving victory over the usa in sunday's play europe held off an early fight back by the usa to reach the fourteen and a half point block that guaranteed them the trophy italian golfer francesco molinari secured the winning point with four matches left to play. more now sits atop the windows league table after overcoming leverkusen in a thrilling match up the black and yellow went into the game after thrashing nuremberg seventy zero midweek although leverkusen provided a much sterna test oplan got the job done but it was not easy. the average age of
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durham starting lineup was just twenty three and a half years and the young team had their troubles against feisty laver cruising in the ninety minute newcastle are you from mitchell byes or for the early in his first goal of the season helped by passive defending from dortmund. the visitors defense was struggling and leave accusing made them pay when dortmund failed to clear the ball jonathan tucker took advantage of the situation and double delete just like with the first woman beauty had no chance. to look clueless at halftime but his team up their game after the break marco royce tested lucas radebe ski and jacob from larsen tapped it in. deliver cruising keeper impressive but he had no chance on the rebound. dortmund kept up the pressure jaden sanchez came on and set up poise to two all up for grabs captain with his
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fourth goal of the season. leave accusing were struggling and. came off the bench to complete the comeback his second goal for dortmund in his second game. i. in injury time the hosts put it all on the line but i kept the raced away and scored again for at the end of a crazy game. i could hellish and his squad dropped important points. on the other hand showed their mental strength and topped the table after a strong comeback. there watching the news from berlin wall coming of the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website simply log on to d.w. dot com you can also follow us on social media we are at news thank you for
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